A weekly digest of the latest news and photos from Channel Hastings.

1. 25 June 2009
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Smile...St Leonards Festival Is
Coming Soon! by Terry Russell CHANNEL HASTINGS BLOG
JUN 24, 2009 09:52A.M.
I Believe I Can Fly by A Roving
Eye
JUN 23, 2009 11:04A.M.
The St Leonards Festival always brims over with great photographic
opportunities and this year should be no exception.
Here’s the official blurb: St Leonards Festival Saturday 11 July 2009 “This shot was a simple one to take. I was at the fun fair in Hastings with
my children and I noticed the sky was looking interesting above these
The fourth St Leonards festival celebrates the rich diversity of our swings. My daughter was already in the queue for this ride, so I adjusted
community. Local bands, vocalists, dancers, comedians and community the shutter speed on my camera to around 1/1000 of a sec and simply
groups bring entertainment to you from around the world. This is the waited for her to get airbourne and took about a dozen shots. On loading
first opportunity for many of our new local artists to perform in front of a the images onto my computer I particularly liked this shot because of the
large audience. angle of the Carousel roof and it was a bonus to see my daughter top left,
whizzing behind the boy who believes he can fly...” A Roving Eye
All age groups can enjoy the day - there is an exciting programme in the
children’s marquee for the younger visitors; sports, skate boarding and
Sumo wrestling for older children; a wonderful world market in Kings
Road as well as entertainment all day long in Warrior Square, including
The Real Thing, our headline band for all you real music lovers.
This year’s highlights:
* The Real Thing
* The Swingin’ Elvises
* The Kytes
* Carnival Procession
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2. Today’s Tabbloid PERSONAL NEWS FOR YOU 25 June 2009
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Go Erica! by Adam Piggott The Windmills Of Your Mind by
JUN 22, 2009 11:01A.M.
Guinevere
JUN 21, 2009 12:55P.M.
Round
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that’s turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of it’s face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind...
Photo by Guinevere
“Erica Smith is running the New York City marathon on 1 November
2009 in aid of the Sara Lee Trust, an amazing local charity that provides
complementary therapy and counselling to people in palliative care. CHANNEL HASTINGS BLOG
She applied to do it because when she was training for the Hastings Half Dave Blackman 1961-2009 by
Marathon she used to imagine she was running around New York’s
Central Park. Parks like Alexandra Park in Hastings were very influential Andy Wilson
on the design of Central Park. JUN 19, 2009 01:11P.M.
Please take a moment to sponsor Erica and you can read Erica’s blog
here.” Adam Piggott
strobist info is SB600 through ezybox triggered by CLS
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3. Today’s Tabbloid PERSONAL NEWS FOR YOU 25 June 2009
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The Lucky Ones by Adam
Piggott
JUN 18, 2009 11:42A.M.
“I heard on Sunday that Dave suffered a heart attack during a gig on
Saturday night and never recovered. Well known on the Hastings Music
Scene since the late 70s when he played with the almost-successful
Teenbeats - he’s never stopped playing the drums ever since, guesting for
R&B (in the old sense) bands like Long Tall Shorty and playing drums
and singing with his personal project The Blackman Brothers.
I’m lucky to have called Dave a friend, and make no apologies for “The Lucky Ones from Hastings were lucky enough to be invited to play
“spamming” this to nearly every Flickr group I’m a member of.” Andy at a fundraiser for Musicians For Deaf Ears at the Tower Theatre in
Wilson Folkestone. It’s an amazing venue and behind the stage is a vast room
full of scenery and props. I’ve been wanting to get a real vintage feel to
On behalf of all the members of the Channel Hastings group on Flickr some promo shots of the band and this was perfect. There wasn’t much
our thoughts and sympathies go out to his loved ones. space to move around but i managed to drag out a backdrop and the
scene was set. We fooled around and tried lots of things, it was great
fun.” Adam Piggott
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4. Today’s Tabbloid PERSONAL NEWS FOR YOU 25 June 2009
CHANNEL HASTINGS BLOG “On reading that ‘Film Titles’ was this month’s Channel Hastings Photo
Challenge I had a quick think of my favourite films and wondered
Three Colours...Red by Lin whether I could transform them into a photo.
Gregory ‘Jules et Jim’ – hmmm, tough one to visualise.
JUN 17, 2009 01:32P.M.
‘Bicycle Thieves’ – hmmm, possibly but rare to catch a thief in action – I
presume they generally operate in the early hours.
‘Apocalypse Now’ – hmmm, I couldn’t think where I would start on this
one.
‘On the Waterfront’ – hmmm, definite potential….
However, it was a place I had been several times before that got my
visual senses tingling. The launderette on Queens Road was a beauty.
Something in my head clicked, of course, ‘My Beautiful Launderette’.
But, I had taken photos inside before, so I wanted to do something
slightly different.
Mrs Roving Eye was my prop. I suggested she gets inside one of the
drying machine (as you do) and wave her feet about. Outside an audience
“I’m not really a flower photographer but couldn’t resist the challenge
of around ten had gathered to watch the surreal proceedings.
when the poppies in my back garden opened. I caught it fresh before any
bees had dropped any of the pollen onto the petals. Using a 60mm 2.8
On returning home up to the West Hill another film idea entered my
macro I got in pretty close as I wanted to pull out the delicate layers of
the petals contrasting to the velvety texture of the stamen. I used a fairly head, ‘My Left Foot’…” A Roving Eye
small aperture to make sure it was all in focus - luckily it was quite bright
so I was still able to use a fairly fast shutter speed to freeze any
movement and hey presto - my first flower photograph on Channel
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Hastings!!” Lin Gregory
Three Doors, Three Art Pieces
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JUN 15, 2009 01:44P.M.
My Beautiful Launderette by A
Roving Eye
JUN 16, 2009 10:50A.M.
“Recently I was fortunate enough to have a guided tour of the old East
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5. Today’s Tabbloid PERSONAL NEWS FOR YOU 25 June 2009
Sussex County Asylum in Hellingly. The security guard had lots of
history about the place as we walked through and stopped at the many
rooms inside.
The place is littered with graffiti, much of it very good. This room, I’m
told, is the old children’s ward (correct me if I’m wrong). As you open all
three doors leading away you are confronted with three seperate pieces
of art all visible at once if you stand in the right place. The piece on the
right is slightly similar to Renoir’s work, the bath however is real.” Sean
Loram
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George Street by Mr Ig
JUN 11, 2009 10:29A.M.
“One of the great things about film photography is that it lessens the
temptation to fiddle around; you can’t review what you’ve just taken, so
you might as well take one shot and move on. This is one of those
quickly-taken shots, composed by positioning the camera rather than
looking through the viewfinder. The air hockey table seemed an ideal
way of reflecting the bright colours of the arcade, and the logo on the
table hopefully provides a focus too.” Mr Ig
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